4 May 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 04 May 2009 Prosecutors toss the case against pro-Israel lobbyists, but not before back-room maneuvers are exposed. Instapaper for the commute: Lizza's profile of Orszag, Obama's activist budget soldier. Another 100-days milestone: it's been that long since Clinton read a book or watched a movie. Corporations whine about Obama's plan to close loopholes that allow them to pay taxes on a fraction of their profits. Site of origin of modern humans pinned to the Angola-Namibia borderland. Video: Headbanging while making fire. Fastest person to reach the South Pole got used to coughing up frozen bits of lung. Double-blind study finds humans can't distinguish pâté from dog food. Linguistic consideration of the anti-"swine" lobby and those who merit the porcine pejorative. Examples of psychotherapy turning monks and nuns away from their calling. Op: With Souter leaving, there goes the last true judicial conservative on the Court. Gladwell: Whether in war or basketball, Davids beat Goliaths with unconventional strategies. Hungary's Roma populations forming civil defense patrols. During the war, Vietnam copied paintings to protect its heritage--today the unlabeled copies may sabotage the same effort. What's a cute butt and what's pornographic? Grandma suing for being arrested for child porn.
